EvangelineEducational Publishing Company, 1895 - 157 pages |
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... arms against the French . The demand was repeatedly made , and evaded with constant ingenuity and per- sistency . Most of the Acadians were probably simple- minded and peaceful people , who desired only to live undisturbed upon their ...
... arms against the French . The demand was repeatedly made , and evaded with constant ingenuity and per- sistency . Most of the Acadians were probably simple- minded and peaceful people , who desired only to live undisturbed upon their ...
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... into darkness . Faces , clumsily carved in oak , on the back of his arm - chair Laughed in the flickering light , and the pewter plates on the dresser Caught and reflected the flame , as shields of armies 30 Evangeline.
... into darkness . Faces , clumsily carved in oak , on the back of his arm - chair Laughed in the flickering light , and the pewter plates on the dresser Caught and reflected the flame , as shields of armies 30 Evangeline.
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... Arms have been taken from us , and warlike weap- ons of all kinds ; Nothing is left but the blacksmith's sledge and the scythe of the mower . " Then with a pleasant smile made answer the jovial farmer : - " Safer are we unarmed , in the ...
... Arms have been taken from us , and warlike weap- ons of all kinds ; Nothing is left but the blacksmith's sledge and the scythe of the mower . " Then with a pleasant smile made answer the jovial farmer : - " Safer are we unarmed , in the ...
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... arms uplifted , the figure of Basil the blacksmith , As , on a stormy sea , a spar is tossed by the billows . Flushed was his face and distorted with passion ; and wildly he shouted , — " Down with the tyrants of England ! we never have ...
... arms uplifted , the figure of Basil the blacksmith , As , on a stormy sea , a spar is tossed by the billows . Flushed was his face and distorted with passion ; and wildly he shouted , — " Down with the tyrants of England ! we never have ...
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... the board , the great arm- chair of the farmer . Thus did Evangeline wait at her father's door , as the sunset Threw the long shadows of trees o'er the broad ambrosial meadows . Ah ! on her spirit within a deeper shadow had Evangeline 61.
... the board , the great arm- chair of the farmer . Thus did Evangeline wait at her father's door , as the sunset Threw the long shadows of trees o'er the broad ambrosial meadows . Ah ! on her spirit within a deeper shadow had Evangeline 61.
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Page 7 - The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Page 149 - Many a languid head, upraised as Evangeline entered, Turned on its pillow of pain to gaze while she passed, for her presence Fell on their hearts like a ray of the sun on the walls of a prison.
Page 19 - ... Shielding the house from storms, on the north, were the barns and the farm-yard, There stood the broad-wheeled wains and the antique ploughs and the harrows; There were the folds for the sheep; and there, in his feathered seraglio, , Strutted the lordly turkey, and crowed the cock, with the selfsame Voice that in ages of old had startled the penitent Peter. Bursting with hay were the barns, themselves a village. In each one Far o'er the gable projected a roof of thatch; and a staircase, Under...
Page 88 - Far down the Beautiful River, Past the Ohio shore and past the mouth of the Wabash, Into the golden stream of the broad and swift Mississippi, Floated a cumbrous boat, that was rowed by Acadian boatmen. It was a band of exiles : a raft, as it were, from the shipwrecked Nation, scattered along the coast, now floating together...
Page 8 - Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition, still sung by the pines of the forest; List to a Tale of Love in Acadie, home of the happy.
Page 38 - Sat astride on his nose, with a look of wisdom supernal. Father of twenty children was he, and more than a hundred Children's children rode on his knee, and heard his great watch tick.
Page 141 - TN that delightful land which is washed by the Delaware's waters, Guarding in sylvan shades the name of Penn the apostle, Stands on the banks of its beautiful stream the city he founded. There all the air is balm, and the peach is the emblem of beauty...
Page 70 - ... prevailed, and the tumult and stir of embarking. Busily plied the freighted boats ; and in the confusion Wives were torn from their husbands, and mothers, too late, saw their children Left on the land, extending their arms, with wildest entreaties. So unto separate ships were Basil and Gabriel carried, While in despair on the shore Evangeline stood with her father.
Page 116 - Beautiful was the night. Behind the black wall of the forest, Tipping its summit with silver, arose the moon. On the river Fell here and there through the branches a tremulous gleam of the moonlight, Like the sweet thoughts of love on a darkened and devious spirit.
Page 151 - And from her eyes and cheeks the light and bloom of the morning. Then there escaped from her lips a cry of such terrible anguish, That the dying heard it, and started up from their pillows. On the pallet before her was stretched the form of an old man. Long, and thin...